Pretty much a big gun morning, reduced somewhat by the fact that NHK2 signed off at 1440UT.

pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly):

nope

Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling with splash or noise):

594 //567 1443UT with jazz, then Japanese talk by man

747 JOIB 1424UT

774 JOBB 1430UT

not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker:

567 woman in Japanese 1404UT; weaker at 1443UT //594

972 HLCA 1430UT

Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music)

the above, passing through

Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter)

603 693 702 819 828 891 981 1566 seemed to be Asian;

891 seemed to be DU

best wishes,

Nick

Nick Hall-Patch
Victoria, BC
Canada